CN105246426A - Micropulse grid pattern laser treatment and methods - Google Patents

Micropulse grid pattern laser treatment and methods Download PDF

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CN105246426A
CN105246426A CN201480030057.4A CN201480030057A CN105246426A CN 105246426 A CN105246426 A CN 105246426A CN 201480030057 A CN201480030057 A CN 201480030057A CN 105246426 A CN105246426 A CN 105246426A
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Abstract

The procedures described herein may involve using one or more treatment beams to induce one or more therapeutic benefits. In some embodiments, a series of short duration light pulses may be delivered to ocular tissue at a plurality of target locations with a thermal relaxation time delay to limit the temperature rise of the target ocular tissue and thereby limit a thermal effect to only a desired portion of the ocular tissue. The thermal relaxation time delay may be roughly equivalent to a duration of a scan of the treatment beam between each of the target locations. Such procedures may be used to treat diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, and/or other conditions of the eye. The treatment beam may be delivered at each target location within a sufficiently short duration so as to produce a visual appearance of a treatment pattern on the ocular tissue of the patient's eye.

Description

The laser therapy of micropulse comb mesh pattern and method
The cross reference of related application
This application claims the U.S. Patent application No.61/813 being entitled as " MicropulseGridPatternLaserTreatmentandMethods " submitted on April 18th, 2013, the priority of 585.This application is also the U.S. Patent application No.13/656 being entitled as " MicropulseGridPatternLaserTreatmentandMethods " submitted on October 19th, 2012, the part continuation application of 332, it requires the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.61/549 being entitled as " GridPatternTherapeuticTreatment " that on October 19th, 2011 submits to, the priority of 036, it is all openly incorporated to herein by reference, for all objects, as complete elaboration herein.
Background technology
Therapeutic laser is generally used for treating various oculopathy.Such as, the disease specific type can treated with this laser is diabetic renal papillary necrosis.Diabetic renal papillary necrosis is to amphiblestroid damage due to the complication of diabetes.If do not treated, diabetic renal papillary necrosis finally may cause blind.Diabetic renal papillary necrosis is usually changed by Microvascular retina and causes.Such as, diabetes-induced effect can damage the tissue of eyes, and this can change the formation of blood-retina barrier and retinal vessel be become have more permeability.In this lysis for the treatment of, one or more light beam can be incident in eyes and/or be incident on retinal tissue, to cause the photocoagulation of tissue, thus burns ocular angiogenesis subtly and/or stops angiogenic growth, to cause various treatment benefit.Photocoagulation laser is generally used for the commitment of retinopathy.
But, in providing photocoagulation laser to treat, importantly avoid the sensitive organization damaging eyes, as fovea centralis (fovea), macula lutea etc.In some cases, the meeting expected is, treats, guarantee to avoid the damage to these regions simultaneously to the tissue close with the one or more regions in these regions.Traditional photocoagulation laser technology can not provide treats to the region close with such sensitive organization the best solution simultaneously guaranteed avoiding or greatly reduce the damage to such tissue.Therefore, the laser photocoagulation solid method of the improvement of the various oculopathy being used for the treatment of such as diabetic renal papillary necrosis is needed in the art.
Summary of the invention
Described herein The embodiment provides is used for the treatment of the ocular tissue of patient's eye and/or the system and method in other regions.Process can comprise the one or more light beam of use (such as, laser) to cause photocoagulation, thus burns ocular angiogenesis subtly and/or stop angiogenic growth, to cause one or more treatment benefit.Such process may be used for treatment of diabetic retinopathy change, macular edema, and/or other oculopathy.According to an aspect, provide a kind of method being used for the treatment of the eyes of patient.The method can comprise for the treatment multiple target location of Beam limiting.The plurality of target location can comprise primary importance, the second position and multiple centre position.Each target location can correspond to the treatment site for treating the ocular tissue of patient's eye.The method also can comprise from the pulse for the treatment of beam delivery first in the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location, and in these treatment positions, incrementally scan this treatment light beam, makes to send period in each first pulse and fixes this light beam.The method can also comprise from treating the pulse of beam delivery extra quantity in the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location, simultaneously between the first position and the second position with the number of times of corresponding extra quantity incrementally scanning treatment light beam, thus provide extra treatment to ocular tissue.The duration of each pulse can be enough short, and to avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing ocular tissue, the pulse total quantity being simultaneously mapped to each target location is enough to the photoactivation causing therapeutic healing response in that position.
The method can comprise extraly and is mapped in ocular tissue by aiming beam, to limit the multiple target locations in this ocular tissue.Interval between the pulse that each target location is sent can approximate the duration from primary importance to second position scanning treatment light beam.In this embodiment, this interval can be product below: the sum of target location, the average duration of each pulse, and the average duration for the treatment of light beam movement between adjacent target sites.This interval can be greater than about 1900 microseconds.
In certain embodiments, can be not more than about 9% in the dutycycle being used for the treatment of light beam of each target location, although the dutycycle used can change according to performed particular treatment, and the dutycycle being not more than about 5% is more common.In certain embodiments, in treatment position incrementally scanning treatment light beam time at every turn sending of pulse can comprise treatment cycle, and the method can comprise extraly provides about 10 and about 10, the treatment cycle between 000 treatment cycle is to treat the ocular tissue of eyes.Each pulse in cycle can be delivered to corresponding target location in enough short duration, to provide the visible pattern of target location in ocular tissue.The duration of each pulse can be between about 50 and 150 microseconds.
According to another aspect, a kind of for providing the system of therapeutic treatment to comprise to the eyes of patient: to be configured to the treatment light beam source sending treatment light beam along treatment beam path, be set up along treatment beam path and be configured to the scanning means of ocular tissue's scanning treatment light beam of the eyes along patient, and being coupled to the processor of scanning means.This processor can be configured or instruction thus (such as, via storing instruction on the storage means): A) for treatment Beam limiting is relative to multiple target locations of ocular tissue; B) from the pulse for the treatment of beam delivery in the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location, treatment light beam is fixed on the position be associated simultaneously; C) incrementally scanning treatment light beam in target location, and D) repeat step B) and C) with from the multiple extra pulse for the treatment of beam delivery to each target location in multiple target location.The plurality of target location can comprise primary importance, the second position and multiple centre position, and can scan this treatment light beam between this primary importance and second position.The duration of each pulse can be enough short, and to avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing ocular tissue, the pulse total quantity being simultaneously mapped to each target location is enough to the photoactivation causing therapeutic to heal in that position.
As described herein, in certain embodiments, system can comprise aiming beam source, and this aiming beam source is configured to send aiming beam along aiming beam path.In such embodiments, scanning means can be configured to along ocular tissue's scanning aiming beam, to limit multiple target location in ocular tissue.Interval between the pulse that each target location is sent can approximate the duration of incrementally scanning treatment light beam in target location between the first position and the second position.Processor can also be configured to provide about 10 and about 10, the micropulse treatment between 000 cycle.Scanning means and/or treatment or aiming beam source can be arranged in adapter apparatus, and this adapter apparatus can removably couple with eye measuring instrument and can couple optically with light beam source.
In another embodiment, for providing the system of therapeutic treatment to comprise to the eyes of patient: be configured to the treatment light beam source sending treatment light beam along treatment beam path, be set up along treatment beam path and be configured to the scanning means of ocular tissue's scanning treatment light beam of the eyes along patient, and being coupled to the processor of scanning means.This processor can be configured or instruction thus (such as, instruction via storing on the storage means): A) for treatment Beam limiting is relative to multiple target locations of ocular tissue, wherein target location comprises primary importance, the second position and multiple centre position; B) from the pulse for the treatment of beam delivery in the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location; C) this light beam is incrementally scanned in target location between the first position and the second position, the plurality of target location is appeared to illuminate by this light beam is concurrent, and D) repeat step B) and C) with from the multiple extra pulse for the treatment of beam delivery to each target location in multiple target location, the plurality of target location is appeared to and illuminates by this light beam is concurrent.As described herein, the duration of each pulse can be enough short, and to avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing ocular tissue, the pulse total quantity being simultaneously mapped to each target location is enough to the photoactivation causing therapeutic to heal in that position.
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Present invention is described by reference to the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1A to Fig. 1 G is exemplified with coupling to enable ocular imaging instrument provide the various perspective views of the adapter of the therapeutic treatment of limited boundary with ocular imaging instrument.
Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 E is exemplified with the various views of the adapter of Figure 1A to Fig. 1 G coupled with ocular imaging instrument.
Fig. 3 exemplified with a kind of according to an embodiment of the invention for providing the block diagram of the system of therapeutic treatment.
Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C is exemplified with the block diagram of the display interface that can use together with the system of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 F exemplified with may be used for limited boundary therapeutic treatment various treatment border and/or treatment pattern.
Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 F is exemplified with in the treatment border of Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 F and/or treatment pattern or relative to the treatment border of Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 F and/or the laser sent for the treatment of pattern.
Fig. 7 A to Fig. 7 F is exemplified with the process of sequentially sending laser in treatment pattern.
Fig. 8 is exemplified with being positioned to the amphiblestroid feature of patient or organizing adjacent treatment pattern.
Fig. 9 A to Fig. 9 C is exemplified with may be used for during therapeutic process Long Circle (oblong) cross-sectional profiles of the treatment laser that the continuous moving for the treatment of laser compensates or elliptic cross-section facial contour.
Figure 10 A to Figure 10 C is exemplified with the retinal images that can use in medical therapeutic procedure, profile or figure.
Figure 11 A to Figure 11 B treats exemplified with the micropulse be performed for this treatment pattern, and this treatment pattern comprises the array arranging 9 treatment positions arranged with three row and three.
Figure 12 A to Figure 12 H arranges exemplified with the other treatment pattern that may be used for providing micropulse to treat or treatment speckle (spot).
In the accompanying drawings, similar parts and/or feature can have same numbers Reference numeral.In addition, the various parts of identical type can be distinguished by the letter carrying out distinguishing between similar parts and/or feature after Reference numeral.If only used the numerals of foremost in the description, then describe any one in the similar parts being applicable to the numerals with identical foremost and/or feature, and do not consider letter suffix.
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Description subsequently provide only exemplary embodiment, but is not intended to restriction the scope of the present disclosure, the suitability or configuration.But, will the description that can realize realizing one or more exemplary embodiment be provided for for those skilled in the art to the subsequent descriptions of exemplary embodiment.Should be understood that, when not departing from as claims the thought of the present invention and scope set forth, various change can be made to the function of key element and layout.
The embodiment provides the retina of the eyes being used for the treatment of patient and/or the system and method in other regions.Process can comprise the one or more light beam of use (such as, laser) to cause photocoagulation, thus burns ocular angiogenesis subtly and/or stop angiogenic growth, to cause one or more treatment benefit.Such process may be used for treatment of diabetic retinopathy change, macular edema and/or other oculopathy.In certain embodiments, photocoagulation can produce a series of visible speckle in present retina.In other embodiments, a series of long light pulse in short-term (such as, between 5-15 microsecond) may be delivered into retinal tissue, the temperature postponing to come limited target retinal tissue with the thermal relaxation time between each pulse raises and thus is restricted to heat effect only at layer of retina,pigment epithelium.Such short duration pulse (herein also referred to as micropulse) can not produce existing visible speckle on the retina, and can produce less global tissue damage.
The treatment light (that is, laser) sent to treat and/or solidify retinal tissue can be delivered in the treatment border of restriction with treatment level, and the treatment border of this restriction can comprise the pattern of the geometry repeated.Treatment border can limit a region, is in this region for the treatment of light directive for the treatment of level, and treats light and substantially outside this region or outside this region, can not provide treatment light with sub-treatment level by directive, such as, and the situation of refracted light, incident illumination etc.Therefore, treatment border can limit a region, provides therapeutic treatment and not provide outside this region or minimally provides therapeutic treatment in this region.On the retinal surface of the eyes of patient, can project and/or limit treatment border and/or pattern, to show the region that will treat.Treatment border not receive or minimally receives the retinal area of therapeutic treatment owing to can limit or distinguish, so can be positioned to amphiblestroid sensitive organization and/or undesirably therapeutic treatment adjacent Anywhere, to guarantee that sensitive organization or region will not receive or minimally is received therapeutic treatment in the neighboring on treatment border.It is to be appreciated that due to refraction, light scattering etc., some treatment light can incide the tissue outside treatment border, but such light will be few and may have minimum impact to the tissue outside treatment border.Therefore, The embodiment provides for determine amphiblestroid will receive therapeutic treatment region and will the accurate control in the region of therapeutic treatment do not received.
Can limit on user interface, amphiblestroid figure or image and/or retina itself and show the neighboring on treatment border and the remainder on treatment border, making to provide the doctor of therapeutic treatment or user to understand the external boundary of area for treatment.Owing to showing the external boundary of area for treatment, so doctor can make area for treatment close proximity sensitive organization and/or any other region or place area for treatment near sensitive organization and/or any other region, guarantee not treat or minimally treatment sensitive organization or other regions simultaneously.
In certain embodiments, replace closed border or pattern, or except closed border or pattern, treatment pattern comprises the array aiming at speckle.Aim at the array of speckle can be limited on the retina of patient as described herein, and treat light beam and can launch coaxially relative to aim in speckle one or more or send.
Can limit and/or project treatment border and/or treatment pattern by using one or more aiming beam on retinal surface.Aiming beam can be the light beam (light beam such as, produced by high-power light emitting diode (LED)) of laser beam or any other type.Herein, aiming beam can be called aiming laser usually, but it is to be appreciated that can use the light beam beyond laser.Aiming beam can be the low level laser bundle of not injured retina tissue.In certain embodiments, aiming beam has at about 600nm (nanometer) and the wavelength about between 700nm, and the wavelength of more commonly about 650nm.Aiming beam can be provided by laser diode, and can have the incident speckle less in fact than the incident speckle of the treatment laser being used for the treatment of retinal tissue or cross section on retinal tissue.Alternatively, in certain embodiments, aiming laser or except aiming laser, aiming beam can be provided by high-power light emitting diode (LED) is replaced.Aiming beam can scan on the retina of patient, or scans on display interface or amphiblestroid image, to describe or to sketch the contours the profile for the treatment of border and/or treatment pattern, thus visually shows treatment border and/or pattern Xiang doctor.The treatment border limited or project on retinal surface and/or pattern can be taken by camera and on display interface, be shown to doctor or other users.
Can by one or more treatment light beam pulse or dose delivery in treatment border and/or pattern, to treat retinal tissue.Although, similar with aiming beam, treat light beam herein and usually can be called treatment laser, it is to be appreciated that other light beams can be used, such as, from the high-strength beam of High Power LED (LED).When scanning means can delivery treatments pulse or dosage when treating the axle of scanning treatment light beam continuously in border, and/or when scanning means in treatment border between the position of specifying sequentially moving treatment beam axis time can delivery treatments pulse or dosage.In the embodiment relating to the treatment pattern with the geometry repeated, one or more treatment light beam pulse can be delivered in some or each geometry.In the particular embodiment, single treatment light beam pulse roughly can be delivered to the geometric center of each geometry.The cross section (such as, laser beam speckle) of incident beam light can be roughly equal with geometry dimensionally.In certain embodiments, treatment light beam (such as, laser beam) can have at the wavelength about between 400nm and 600nm, and more commonly at the wavelength about between 520nm and 560nm.
Therapeutic treatment (herein also referred to as the therapeutic treatment of limited boundary) can provide via adapter, and the existing ocular imaging instrument that this adapter is configured to be arranged on such as slit lamp works together with this existing ocular imaging instrument.Work together with the existing treatment light beam source that this adapter can also send instrument with such as laser.Peripheral control unit or computer system can be sent instrument with adapter and laser and be coupled in the mode that can communicate, to limit treatment border and/or pattern and will treat beam delivery to treating in border/pattern on retinal tissue.Adapter and/or controller existing slit lamp and laser can be allowed to send therapeutic treatment that instrument provides limited boundary described herein, otherwise slit lamp and laser are sent instrument and can not be sent.
Embodiments of the invention also describe and use retina image-forming and/or follow the tracks of with the method and system providing therapeutic treatment described herein (such as, the therapeutic treatment of limited boundary) or another therapeutic treatment.Can the amphiblestroid retinal images of reference patient or model is programmed and/or put on record (document) therapeutic treatment and/or treatment border.The system performing therapeutic treatment can with reference to retinal images or model and the therapeutic treatment of programming or treatment border to determine that the amphiblestroid position of patient or region are to provide therapeutic treatment.Then, this system can start therapeutic treatment automatically, or shows treatment border/pattern and the retinal treatment region of correspondence checks, adjusts and/or authorize to continue Xiang doctor.Can multiple such therapeutic treatment be programmed in system, make system shortly to start quickly and easily to carry out other therapeutic treatments after completing current or preceding treatment.Can put on record or record to provided treatment on retinal images or model, for being carried out inspection simultaneously or in succession by doctor or user.Such as, for have received the treatment pulse of light beam or each position of dosage or position, treatment speckle or other labellings can be superimposed upon on retinal images.The speckle superposed or labelling can be put on record to providing for it retinal area of therapeutic treatment.When visible therapeutic treatment effect is not yet presented on retinal tissue, such as, in micropulse process, this can be useful especially.
Carry out reference medical treatment relative to retinal images or model and/or treat the movement that boundary process can also allow system balance eyes of patient during this process.Such as, retina is followed the tracks of and camera can be allowed to take amphiblestroid essentially smooth image, and/or permission system moving forward into Row sum-equal matrix and continuing to send therapeutic treatment in substantially the same position according to the eyes of patient.Simply describe some embodiments of the present invention, with reference to accompanying drawing, other aspects will become obvious.
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Figure 1A to Fig. 1 G is exemplified with the perspective view of the embodiment of adapter, and this adapter can couple with ocular imaging instrument (such as slit lamp), provides the therapeutic treatment of limited boundary described herein to make ocular imaging instrument be suitable for.Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 E is exemplified with the adapter 100 coupled with slit lamp 200.Figure 1A to Fig. 1 C provides the various perspective views of adapter 100.Fig. 1 D to Fig. 1 G additionally provides the protecgulum that removes adapter to illustrate the various perspective views of the adapter 100 of various parts accommodating in adapter 100.Adapter 100 comprises the housing 102 of protecgulum and the bonnet having and be coupled in together.Adapter 100 also comprises the installation component 104 adapter 100 and ocular imaging instrument (such as, slit lamp 200) coupled in a removable manner.Adapter 100 also comprises the adaptor parts 105 being convenient to adapter 100 and ocular imaging instrument 200 to couple.Parts 105 can comprise the rotatable installation knob 103 of the mounting characteristic parts (not shown) pressing installation component 104 near ocular imaging instrument.Parts 105 also comprise mirror 106, mirror 106 is by the light sent from adapter 100 eye reflections towards patient, and can be transparent or translucent to make some light send back camera (such as, camera 360) and/or the binocular adapter 152 that couples with binocular (such as, binocular 210) or other eyepieces.Parts 105 can also comprise the adjusting lever 135 allowing to rotate adjustment adapter 100 and/or ocular imaging instrument 200.
Adapter 100 also comprises the interface or port one 10 that the optical fiber cable of sending instrument (such as, laser sends instrument 310) with outside laser couples.Treatment laser 112 is provided or is delivered to adapter 100 by the optical fiber cable that outside laser sends instrument.Adapter 100 comprises the mirror 136 reflected towards sighting device 130 (herein also referred to as scanning means or system) by treatment laser 112.Mirror 136 can be perforated mirror, pellicle mirror, dichroic mirror etc. and can be arranged on lens carrier.Sighting device 130 can be by Cambridge manufacture based on galvanometric scanner (being commonly called " galvanometer ").Sighting device 130 comprises a pair rotatable element or mirror 132 and 134, and they are arranged on and make element or mirror 132 and 134 around on the motor top that normal axis rotates.Each mirror 132 and 134 can provide 1-D beam deflection, makes this provide 2-D beam deflection to mirror.Sighting device 130, for relative to eye scanning treatment laser 112 and/or other laser (such as, aiming laser 122), makes laser to be aimed at and is launched into the desired locations place on eyes or in eyes.Such as, sighting device 130 may be used for scanning aiming laser 122 with restriction treatment border on retinal tissue and/or treatment pattern and by the beam flying for the treatment of laser 112 in treatment border/pattern, to provide the therapeutic treatment of limited boundary.
Aiming laser 122 arrives sighting device 130 through mirror 136.In certain embodiments, adapter 100 can comprise sends from outside laser another interface or the port (not shown) that instrument or source (not shown) receive aiming laser 122, and it can be that the same laser of delivery treatments laser 112 sends instrument or different unit that outside laser sends instrument or source.In other embodiments, adapter 100 laser be included in housing 102 sends instrument or source 120.Such as, laser is sent instrument 120 and can be comprised the laser diode 124 that provides aiming laser 122 or optional high-capacity LED.Laser sends instrument 120 can also comprise the accountant 126 sent coupling to control aiming laser 122 with peripheral control unit (such as, controller 330 and/or 310) in the mode that can communicate, as storage device and/or processor.
In one embodiment, aiming laser 122 can provide along the laser path roughly orthogonal with the laser path for the treatment of laser 112.But at aiming laser 122 after mirror 136, aiming laser 122 can be consistent or substantially coaxial with the laser path for the treatment of laser 112.Such as, laser path 128 is exemplified with sending from sighting device 130 and leaving the path of mirror 106 towards the laser of the eye reflections of patient.Laser path 128 can to correspond in aiming laser 122 and treatment laser 112 one or two, and reason is can be consistent coaxially in this some place laser path.
Aiming laser 122 can have the wavelength selected in visible spectrum, to provide the observability of the improvement of retina being treated border and/or pattern.Such as, in certain embodiments, aiming laser 122 has at about 600nm and the wavelength about between 700nm, and the wavelength of more commonly about 650nm.Aiming laser 122 can be do not damage the retina of eyes and/or the low-intensity light beam of its hetero-organization.Aiming laser 122 can also have the incident speckle less in fact than the incident speckle for the treatment of laser 112 or cross section.In certain embodiments, treatment laser 112 can also have the wavelength selected in visible spectrum, but also can use nonvisible wavelength.In the particular embodiment, treatment laser 112 has at the wavelength about between 400nm and 600nm, and more commonly about between 520nm and 560nm.Treat laser 112 may be used for solidifying retina and/or its hetero-organization of eyes and/or provide other treatment to heal.
Adapter 100 also comprises and may be used for increasing treatment laser 112 and/or the cross section of aiming laser 122 or the enlarger 140 of incident speckle.Enlarger 140 is located along the laser path (such as, laser path 128) away from sighting device 130.Enlarger 140 comprises the multiple lens 142 be arranged on rotatable lens carrier 144.Each lens have and increase or reduce treatment laser 112 and/or the cross section of aiming laser 122 or the certain power of incident speckle.Lens carrier 144 can rotate, and makes to locate along laser path 128 lens expected.In certain embodiments, carry out relay lens support 144 by rotating the control handle 146 be positioned on the outer surface of housing 102, but in certain embodiments, can electronically relay lens support 144 be passed through.
Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 E is exemplified with the various perspective views of adapter 100 being provided with slit lamp 200, and slit lamp 200 can be normally used any slit lamp, as by Haag-Streit carl deng those slit lamps manufactured.Slit lamp 200 comprises the binocular 210 of the three dimensional image of the eyes providing patient.Binocular 210 can couple with binocular adapter 152.Slit lamp 200 also comprises patient's fixed frame 220 with vertical frame members 222, the chin rest 224 and headrest 226.Although not shown, slit lamp 200 can also comprise may be used for providing and to control the function of various slit lamp parts and/or operation and/or for the stick of sending therapeutic treatment light beam and pedal.Slit lamp 200 and/or the chin rest 224 vertically can adjust the patient adapting to vary in size.
Fig. 3 is exemplified with the embodiment that may be used for the various control pieces providing therapeutic treatment described herein.Particularly, Fig. 3 is exemplified with the adapter 100 sent instrument 310 via optical fiber 324 and outside laser and couple.Optical fiber 324 is connected to port one 10 and treatment laser 112 is delivered to adapter 100.The fiber port that optical fiber 324 can be sent with laser in the multiple fiber ports 322 on instrument or source 310 couples.Fiber port 322 can allow two optical fiber 324 to be connected to laser and send instrument 310.Laser sends instrument 310 can also comprise display interface 320 (such as, touch screen interface), the setting for the therapeutic treatment that will provide of display shown by Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C of this display interface and control.Laser sends instrument 310 can also comprise the remote control unit 326 (wireless or wired) allowing user operated from a distance and adjustment laser to send the various settings of instrument.Similarly, laser sends instrument 310 can comprise pedal 340, operates this pedal 340 to carry out therapeutic treatment and/or delivery treatments laser 112.Pedal 340 can be sent instrument 310 with laser and couple wirelessly.The example that laser sends instrument 310 comprises by IRIDEX iQ532, IQ577, OculightTX etc. of manufacturing.
Laser sends the conventional elements that instrument 310 can be the therapeutic treatment that can not provide limited boundary with its conventional sense.Send instrument 310 to make laser and can provide this treatment, computer system 330 can send instrument 310 with laser and/or adapter 100 couples in the mode that can communicate.Computer system 330 can be insert laser to send one or more ports in instrument 310 to send with laser the independent Set Top Box that instrument 310 communicates.In addition, computer system 330 can comprise permission computer system 330 and various other system or unit alternately to carry out one or more processor and the storage device of therapeutic treatment.Information can be sent between the computer system of instrument 310 or processor in computer system 330 and laser and is routed, and controls sending for the treatment of laser 112 and via display interface 320 to user's display graphics information to make computer system 330.Such as, computer system 330 can send the control piece of instrument 310 (such as with laser, touch screen control piece, Remote control 326, pedal 340 etc.) mutual, make the adjustment of laser being sent to the control piece of instrument 310 be configured the setting of computer system 330 and parameter or adjust.As shown in Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C, computer system 330 can control display interface 320 to show various setting and/or the operation of border therapeutic treatment, such as, by the shape, orientation, yardstick, geometrical pattern, laser intensity etc. of concrete treatment border/pattern that project.Computer system 330 (via one or more instruction) can control laser and sends instrument 310 thus at specified point place and with predetermined number of times delivery treatments laser 112 dosage.Such as, computer system 330 can control laser and send instrument 310, makes to treat laser 112 light beam or dosage and sends in the geometry of the treatment border limited, treatment pattern and/or restriction as described below.Similarly, computer system 330 can control laser and send instrument 310, sent treatment laser 112 is made to solidify the retinal tissue of eyes or provide the less wound series of the short duration pulse (such as, micropulse) at the relaxation interval of the restriction had between pulse as described below.
In fact, computer system 330 can be sent instrument 310 with laser and be coupled in the mode that can communicate, make laser send instrument 310 be used as computer system 330 by input and interface arrangement, carry out mutual to enable doctor or user and computer system 330 and adjust the various parameters of therapeutic treatment.Computer system 330 also sends existing control piece (such as, pedal 340, the internal hardware component etc.) effect of instrument 310 with laser, so that treatment laser 112 is delivered to adapter 100.
Computer system 330 also couples in the mode that can communicate with adapter 100, to carry out various aiming or other functions.Such as, computer system 330 can control aiming or scanning means 130 and/or laser and send instrument 120, so that treatment laser 112 and aiming laser 122 are aimed at or to be scanned on amphiblestroid appointed area.Computer system 330 can make treatment laser 112 and aiming laser 122 intersect during medical therapeutic procedure.Computer system 330 control aiming laser 122 sending and gated sweep device 130 with by treatment border treatment pattern restriction or project on retina.
In certain embodiments, control unit 330 opens aiming laser 122, treats laser 112 simultaneously and is closed, to limit treatment border.Then, control unit 330 closes aiming laser 122, treatment laser 112 is transmitted into the destination organization place in treatment border simultaneously.Between the subsequent transmission for the treatment of laser 112, control unit 330 can open aiming laser 122 so that treatment border or pattern are again limited or to be projected on retina.As shown in Fig. 7 A to Fig. 7 F, concerning the visual effect obtained observer can be, treatment border or pattern nearly singular integral ground occur on the retina, to be sequentially transmitted into from the treatment speckle for the treatment of laser on the destination organization in treatment border or pattern and observed simultaneously.In certain embodiments, sending of such as micropulse, sighting device 130 can be scanned continuously, is transmitted into by treatment laser 112 in treatment border simultaneously.
Although laser sends instrument 310 and computer system 330 illustrates as separate unit, in certain embodiments, laser sends instrument 310 and computer system 330 is combined into individual unit, and all in fact control and operation are all provided from individual unit.In addition, as described in more detail below, computer system 330 can with camera 360 (such as, CCD camera etc.) couple, with retina image-forming and tracking characteristics part described below providing and show on the display equipment of such as display interface 320 and treat border and/or pattern.
Computer system 330 can comprise hardware and/or software, generally include one or more programmable processor unit, programmable processor unit is run for realizing the machine readable program instruction of some or all in the one or more methods in method described herein or code.Code is often implemented in tangible medium, such as memorizer (optionally, read only memory, random access memory, nonvolatile memory etc.) and/or recording medium (such as, floppy disk, hard disk drive, CD, DVD, memory stick etc.).
Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C is exemplified with the various displays that can show on display interface 320.Show the display 410 of display treatment pattern 406, this treatment pattern 406 comprises the square grid of 9 area for treatment or position, and treatment light will to be delivered on retinal tissue in these nine area for treatment or position via treatment laser 112.Grid can use control piece 404 to adjust, and the user making grid comprise treatment frame or 3 × 3 arrays of position, 4 × 4 arrays for the treatment of position, 5 × 5 arrays for the treatment of position or treatment position defines array.Display 410 also comprises the control piece 402A to 402C that may be used for arranging or adjust various setting, control and/or parameter.Such as, control piece 402A may be used for the spacing controlled between the central point of the treatment speckle that will be delivered in each treatment position, or in other words, for limiting the yardstick for the treatment of pattern.Control piece 402B may be used for the array of control treatment position relative to amphiblestroid orientation.Control piece 402C may be used for the curvature radian and/or the radius of curvature that control array as required.Fig. 4 A shows the treatment pattern 406 without curvature radian and radius of curvature.Fig. 4 C shows to have and overarches or the display 430 of arc therapy pattern 436, and this treatment pattern 436 comprises 3 row and 6 row treatment speckles.Treatment pattern 436 comprises curvature radian (such as, 360 °) and the radius of curvature (such as, 2000 microns) of non-zero, makes the embowment for the treatment of pattern 436.Display 430 comprises control knob 432A to 432C and 434 equally.Fig. 4 B shows the display 420 that may be used for the various parameters adjusting or arrange treatment laser 112 and/or aiming laser 122.Such as, the control piece (it can comprise touch screen control piece) of display 420 may be used for the duration 422 of adjustment emitting treatment laser 112 (such as, with millisecond intervals), the power level 424 of adjustment treatment laser 112 (such as, with microwatt), and the interval 426 (such as, with microsecond) between adjustment treatment Laser emission in succession.
Display 420 may be used for adjusting between traditional photocoagulation process and micropulse process treating laser 112.Display 420 can also comprise other control pieces 428, such as, the port be connected to (such as, 322) is carried out by optical fiber 324 to the control piece selected.As mentioned above, can be that touch screen control piece maybe can comprise rotatable or selectable tab or button to the control piece of display 320.
The embodiment for the treatment of border and/or pattern
Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 F shows and may be used for the treatment border of therapeutic treatment described herein and/or the various embodiments of pattern.These treatment border/patterns can project via aiming laser or scanning laser 122 or be limited on the retina of patient.The border projecting or limit or pattern can be taken by camera and show to user or doctor on the display equipment of such as display interface 320.Treatment border/pattern limits a region, provides therapeutic treatment, and do not provide therapeutic treatment in this region outside this region.An advantage for the treatment of BORDER PROCESSING described herein is the border section explicitly defining area for treatment, and this allows doctor or user accurately know or determine where will provide therapeutic treatment, where will not provide therapeutic treatment.
Fig. 5 A shows the square or rectangle treatment border 510 surrounding single area for treatment 512, can launch one or more treatment laser pulse or dosage in single area for treatment 512.Fig. 5 B shows and comprises the square or treatment grid of the rectangle 522 or treatment pattern 520 of array of the equal treatment of multiple size.Treatment pattern 520 is limited by peripheral edge 526 and inner wire 526.Fig. 5 B shows 3 × 3 arrays, although can use any M × N array.Fig. 5 C shows the arch of array or the treatment pattern 530 of arc that comprise multiple four limit geometries 532.Each shape 532 comprises opposite linear limit 536 and relative arcuate edge 534.Treatment pattern 530 can have radius of curvature and linear relative edge 536 can project from central point separately radially.Fig. 5 D shows the treatment pattern 540 had with multiple hexagonal shape 542 of honeycomb pattern layout.Fig. 5 E shows the treatment pattern 550 with the square or rectangular array aiming at speckle 552, and aiming speckle 552 defines the position by delivery treatments laser pulse or dosage.Fig. 5 F shows the treatment pattern 560 with the semicircular arrays aiming at speckle 562, and aiming speckle 562 defines the position by delivery treatments laser pulse or dosage.
By controlling aiming laser (such as via scanning or sighting device, aiming laser 122) position, by treatment border, pattern and/or geometry projection or can limit on the retina, aiming laser is sketched the contours on retinal tissue or limits treatment border, pattern and/or geometry and/or on display equipment or interface, show treatment pattern.The position of aiming laser can be adjusted between each pulse in multiple pulse, to limit or to sketch the contours treatment border, pattern and/or geometry on the retina.The visual effect obtained can be the solid line limited on the retina as shown in Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 D, half solid line or the treatment border of pulsation, pattern and/or geometry.
It is to be appreciated that Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 D only treats border/pattern can comprise other geometry arrays various for illustration of property object, it can comprise or not comprise the pattern repeated.
Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 F show represent to be launched or to be delivered in treatment border or pattern or with the treatment speckle of its treatment laser sent coaxially.Treatment speckle can represent the visible tissue injury (such as in traditional photocoagulation process) that occurs when emitting treatment laser or, visible even without tissue injury, still can represent the position (such as in micropulse process) that treatment laser is launched into.Fig. 6 A is exemplified with multiple treatment speckle 612, and it represents that treatment laser (such as, treating laser 112) has been launched into the position in treatment border 510 maybe will be launched into.Similarly, Fig. 6 B is exemplified with the treatment speckle 622 be transmitted in the square or rectangle 522 of each treatment for the treatment of pattern 520.Fig. 6 C is exemplified with treatment speckle 632 intracardiac in each geometry 532 be roughly transmitted in treatment pattern 530, and Fig. 6 D is exemplified with the treatment speckle 642 be transmitted in the approximate centre of each hexagonal shape 542 for the treatment of pattern 540.Fig. 6 C exemplified with the embodiment providing arc therapeutic treatment, and Fig. 6 D exemplified with treatment speckle by the embodiment at more closely or closely interval.The treatment speckle of Fig. 6 D can with adjacent lines and/or the treatment speckle in arranging overlapping.Fig. 6 E and Fig. 6 F is exemplified with treatment speckle 652 and 662, and this treatment speckle 652 and 662 is sent substantially coaxially relative to the aiming speckle 552 and 562 for the treatment of pattern 550 and 560 respectively.In another embodiment, larger ring 652 and 662 can represent the treatment pattern of restriction, and less speckle 552 and 562 can represent the therapeutic laser launched or be delivered in the approximate centre of each treatment pattern.Such embodiment does not need the adjacent geometry with contact exemplified with the treatment pattern limited or border.But some or all of in geometry can be separated with one or more adjacent geometry.
Although Fig. 6 B to Fig. 6 D shows send single treatment speckle in each geometry, in certain embodiments, multiple speckle (such as, 2,3,4 or more) can be sent in one or more geometry.Similarly, the quantity of the treatment speckle be delivered in each geometry can be changed, to provide additional therapeutic treatment motility.
Fig. 8 is exemplified with being oriented to the treatment pattern adjacent with the amphiblestroid tissue 820 of undesirably therapeutic treatment or border 810.Treatment pattern 810 be positioned to and organize 820 adjacent, making tissue 820 in the outside on treatment pattern or border.Tissue 820 can be any other tissue of the sensitive organization of eyes, feature (such as, fovea centralis, macula lutea etc.) and/or undesirably therapeutic treatment.As mentioned above, treatment pattern 810 can be projected or be limited on the retina, make doctor or user the outward flange for the treatment of pattern 810 or periphery can be positioned to organize 820 adjacent.Treatment pattern 810 projection on the retina or limit allows doctor or user guaranteeing to be positioned adjacent to by treatment pattern as required while tissue 820 is not treated or away from tissue 820.Equally as shown in Figure 8, therapeutic treatment (that is, treating speckle 830) is limited in treatment pattern 810, to guarantee that tissue 820 does not receive therapeutic treatment.The shape for the treatment of pattern 810 and/or the parameter (such as, spacing, radius, line number or columns etc.) for the treatment of pattern 810 can be changed, to adapt to the various features of eyes.Such as, the semi-circular pattern of Fig. 5 C may be used for a part of surrounding fovea centralis or tissue 820.Similarly, the honeycomb pattern of Fig. 5 D may be used for treatment speckle to be wrapped in tightly in area for treatment.
The embodiment of medical therapeutic procedure
In certain embodiments, treating laser can by the geometric center of each geometry that is roughly transmitted into as shown in Fig. 6 B to Fig. 6 D.The treatment spot size of incident treatment laser on the retina can be substantially equal to or be slightly smaller than geometry.In addition, as previously described, can aiming laser be closed during emitting treatment laser, and treatment laser can be closed when aiming beam limits or sketch the contours treatment border or pattern.
At treatment laser beam (or more suitably, the axle for the treatment of laser beam) therapeutic treatment pulse or dosage can be sent (such as during the continuous sweep for the treatment of border or pattern, speckle shown in Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 D), or treatment laser beam can sequentially move to each target site and treat emitting treatment laser while laser temporarily stops.Continuous sweep process can be particularly useful to micropulse process, to make and to treat the start and end time that laser is associated and minimize and thus make whole process time minimize.Treatment laser beam (namely, the axle for the treatment of laser) can line by line and/or column by column continuous sweep be throughout treatment border/pattern (such as, similar with raster scan pattern), until treatment laser beam arrives the terminating point of specifying and/or scans whole treatment border or pattern.During continuous sweep, when treating laser near each target site of specifying, treatment laser can sequentially or repeatedly be launched with the duration limited.Treatment laser beam can be repositioned at the starting point of scanning and can repeat continuous sweep and emission process, make to provide extra therapeutic treatment (such as, providing extra therapeutic treatment at some target sites or each target site place) to some or all in the retinal tissue for the treatment of before.In another embodiment, treatment laser can stop in each treatment site or suspend, and at this treatment site repeat its transmission treatment laser beam, until provide enough treatments.
In micropulse process, interval between the therapeutic treatment pulse or dosage at same target site place can long enough, the retinal tissue be treated fully is recuperated and the temperature organized remain on solidify damage threshold value under, thus make minimize tissue trauma.The heat effect of micropulse process only can be limited in layer of retina,pigment epithelium.In certain embodiments, this relaxation interval or thermal relaxation time postpone can be about 190 microseconds or longer.Similarly, in certain embodiments, the transmitting duration (that is, treatment injure or dosage duration) for the treatment of laser is between about 5 microseconds and 15 microseconds, and more commonly about 10 microseconds.
Each scanning and emission process (that is, between the starting point and ending point limited) can form the one-period of micropulse process.Micropulse process can comprise the cycle between about 10 Yu 10,000 cycle.In certain embodiments, Laser emission is treated to 9 or more treatment site during each scan period, and between about 0.5 millisecond and 1.5 milliseconds and more commonly about 1 microsecond completes each micropulse period, but, it is to be appreciated that treatment laser can be transmitted into any amount for the treatment of site and each cycle can comprise shorter or longer cycle duration.In addition, the medical therapeutic procedure for given treatment border/pattern can comprise single continuous sweep or have some continuous sweeps of different starting point and ending points respectively.
In an alternative embodiment, treat laser and sequentially can be positioned at each target site place and a series of micropulse can be delivered to this target site place before moving to next treatment site.Each pulse can to specify duration (such as, between about 5 microseconds and 15 microseconds and more commonly about 10 microseconds) launch, and sufficiently long relaxation interval can be had (such as, about 190 microseconds or longer), make fully to recuperate and the temperature organized remains under solidification temperature at the retinal tissue for the treatment of site, thus make minimize tissue trauma.Short duration pulse can be the photocoagulation enough causing or provide therapeutic to heal, as known in micropulse process.Aforementioned micropulse embodiment provides and allows treatment laser to be launched into the advantage of other treatment position in relaxation interim, thus makes wholistic therapy time minimum.
Micropulse process can also comprise sends a series of pulses between each laser pulse or dosage with fixed time interval, to provide the preset space length between adjacent treatment speckle when continuous sweep treatment laser beam (that is, treating the axle of laser).When using treatment pattern (those treatment patterns such as shown in Fig. 5 B to Fig. 5 D) with geometry array and/or when using array (those arrays such as shown in Fig. 5 E to Fig. 5 F) aiming at speckle, such process can be favourable.In the geometry that the interval of specifying and the spacing obtained can make each pulse be delivered in geometry, roughly in the geometric center of each shape, and/or aiming on the one or more aiming speckles in speckle.
Medical therapeutic procedure can relate to therapeutic treatment is delivered to an amphiblestroid region, and then therapeutic treatment is then delivered to amphiblestroid other regions one or more.Such as, sighting device (such as, sighting device 130) the first treatment border or pattern can be limited and therapeutic treatment is delivered in limited the first treatment border or pattern on amphiblestroid first area, and on amphiblestroid second area, then then limit the second treatment border or pattern (that is, identical or different border/pattern) and therapeutic treatment is delivered in the second limited treatment border or pattern.This process can be repeated as required frequently to provide therapeutic treatment.
Fig. 9 A is exemplified with the treatment speckle 900 of the lengthening caused by emitting treatment laser during continuous sweep process.The treatment speckle of the treatment laser corresponding with Fig. 9 A can have the cross section of circular.The speckle lengthened can due to moving treatment laser and occurring continuously during emission process.Thus, even if it is short (such as, about 10 microseconds) that duration is launched in micropulse, also some lengthenings can be there are owing to treating the continuous moving of laser.Treat the impact of laser to make continuous moving to minimize, incide structural treatment speckle cross section can as shown in Figure 9 B along ovalize or Long Circle on the direction orthogonal with treatment laser path.As shown in Figure 9 C, when treating laser beam (or being more suitably the axle for the treatment of laser beam) across retina scanning and sending a series of pulse, oval or oblong treatment speckle 910 can be convenient to the treatment speckle 930 or the incident illumination profile that produce more circles on the retina.
The embodiment that retina maps/follows the tracks of
Figure 10 A to Figure 10 C is exemplified with the embodiment relating to retina figure, profile or the image that can use in medical therapeutic procedure (those embodiments such as described herein).Figure 10 A shows amphiblestroid retina figure or the image 1000 of patient, and this retina figure or image 1000 can use one or more cameras (such as, camera 360) or the shooting of other ocular imaging instrument of slit lamp.As mentioned above, computer system 330 can couple in the mode that can communicate with camera 360, to provide retina mapping, imaging and/or tracking.Computer system 330 can have such measuring device, this measuring device can generate the image 1000 of retina 1012, and can provide such information, this information contributes to determining one or more area for treatment and/or one or more treatment pattern thus sets about carrying out therapeutic treatment.Light beam (such as treat light beam 112) can by reference to retinal images 1000 the amphiblestroid area for treatment of directive.This light beam can provide therapeutic treatment.Labelling (such as treating speckle) can be superimposed on position retinal images 1000 corresponding to area for treatment, to put on record or to record the therapeutic treatment provided.Such as, treatment speckle or other labellings can be superimposed on each position that this light beam on retinal images 1000 is launched.The treatment speckle of multiple superposition can show provided therapeutic treatment.Then, by reference to retinal images with in the above described manner with the second therapeutic treatment that the treatment speckle of superposition provides and/or puts on record, this light beam can be repositioned to another area for treatment amphiblestroid.
In certain embodiments, area for treatment, border and/or pattern 1020 can be referenced to image 1000, make it possible to set up the relation between area for treatment, the position of border and/or pattern 1020 and image 1000 data.Area for treatment, border and/or pattern 1020 can be linked to feature on the retina 1012 that can identify in image 1000 or reference position 1010, such as various vein, tremulous pulse, optic disc, macula lutea, retina terrestrial reference or feature, etc.Except locating and/or determining except area for treatment, border and/or pattern 1020, measuring device (such as, computer system 330) can also comprise the processor system at least partially that can calculate one group for the treatment of instruction that will be used by therapeutic treatment delivery system (such as adapter 100 and slit lamp 200).
Measuring device (such as, computer system 330) and/or medical treatment system is (such as, adapter 100 and slit lamp 200) storage software in memory can be had, and hardware, this software and hardware may be used for controlling the acquisition of image and therapeutic treatment (such as, treatment laser 112) to patient amphiblestroid send, the eyes of patient are relative to the position of one or more optical axises of image-forming assembly or position (optionally, be included in the conversion on x, y and z direction and reverse and rotate) etc.In the exemplary embodiment, among other functions, computer system 330 (such as, measuring device) can programme, to calculate area for treatment, border and/or pattern 1020 based on the one or more images obtained with camera 360, and the side-play amount between the eyes of measurement patient in two images.In addition, computer system 330 can be programmed, with effectively measure in real time mobile or position x (t), y (t), z (t) and patient eye/retina relative to laser beam (such as, treatment laser 112 and/or aiming laser 122) the rotation orientation of optical axis, thus allow computer system 330 registration or to the area for treatment of quasiexpectation, border and/or pattern 1020 on the real time position of patient's eye.
In order to the area for treatment of the expectation at treatments period registration patient's eye, border and/or pattern 1020, common coordinate system should be shared from the amphiblestroid image obtained by camera 360 of patient.Common coordinate system can be the center based on the center of the center of pupil or the center of interior iris boundary, the center of outer iris boundary, various vein or tremulous pulse, optic disc or macula lutea, other retina terrestrial references or feature, or any other suitable feature of eyes.
As shown in Figure 10 B, can determine the region of carrying out one or more expectations for the treatment of with therapeutic treatment with reference to the diagnostic data be associated with the first retinal images 1000, this first retinal images 1000 is taken by camera 360 and/or is obtained before and be input in computer system 330.Then, the area for treatment of each corresponding area for treatment, border and/or pattern 1020 can be determined.These determine to be made by doctor when being with or without computer system 330 and being auxiliary, or in certain embodiments, these determine automatically to be made by computer system 330.Each area for treatment, border and/or pattern 1020 can be identical maybe can changing.
In certain embodiments, then the area for treatment of one or more expectation, border and/or pattern 1020 can be programmed in calculation machine system 330.Computer system 330 can work together with camera 360, with the region by the retina of patient and retinal images 1000 being compared the retina 1012 determining the patient corresponding with one or more area for treatment be programmed.In certain embodiments, before medical therapeutic procedure, the second image of eyes is such as just taken by camera 360, and two images are processed or compared, to generate retinal treatment positional information, then this retinal treatment positional information can be referenced to the second image.On the retina that one or more area for treatment, border and/or pattern can be superimposed upon patient before medical therapeutic procedure and/or be presented at display interface (such as, touch screen displays 320) on, thus show the one or more treatment be provided and will the region of one or more treatment like this be received.Doctor or user can evaluate this one or more treatment and modify to the attribute (such as, orientation, yardstick, border, pattern etc.) of one or more treatment or adjust as required.
In certain embodiments, computer system 330 can order adapter 100 or medical treatment system some parts by aiming laser bundle (such as, aiming laser 122) institute that is transmitted into retina 1012 determines in area for treatment, to limit treatment border and/or pattern 1020 on retina 1012.In other embodiments, treatment border and/or pattern can not be limited on the retina, and, therefore, can not aiming laser be needed.
Computer system 330 can also send instrument 310 or other medical treatment system parts by the retina 1012 in therapeutic laser beam (such as, treating laser 112) directive area for treatment and/or the treatment border limited by aiming laser bundle and/or pattern 1020 by order laser.Second laser beam (such as, treatment laser 112) can by expect therapeutic treatment pulse or dosage 1030 (such as, micropulse or other treatment) be delivered to as illustrated in figure 10 c limit area for treatment and/or treatment border and/or pattern 1020 in retinal tissue.
Retinal images 1000 can be stored in storage device and/or data base and be used for now or future reference.As above simple description, can put on record on retinal images 1000 or be recorded in the therapeutic treatment 1030 that retinal tissue 1012 provides, treating or multiple treatment for one that receives to follow the tracks of patient.Putting on record/recording to relate to and to monitor that treatment laser beam 112 is relative to the position (that is, the position of laser beam axis) of retinal images 1000 and each position of record treatment laser beam when emitting treatment laser 112 provided therapeutic treatment.Each treatment speckle or position can be recorded in region retinal images 1000 having received treatment with display.Do not present visible therapeutic treatment effect and before micropulse treatment may be otherwise in unknown micropulse medical therapeutic procedure, such mapping and putting on record/recording process can be useful especially.
Similarly, the multiple therapeutic treatments by being supplied to patient one or more course for the treatment of can be mapped or be imaged on retinal images 1000.The each therapeutic treatment provided subsequently can be put on record or be recorded on retinal images 1000 or the second retinal images, make the therapeutic treatment of provided reality can with to map or the therapeutic treatment of imaging compare, the progress for the treatment of with the overall therapeutic state or determine of following the tracks of patient and patient are to the response of this treatment.
Computer system 330 and camera 360 can also be used for movement in response to the eyes of patient to adjust medical treatment system (such as, treat laser 112 and/or aiming laser 122).Such as, retinal images 1000 and other images one or more provided by camera 360 can be carried out reference, to determine whether the eyes of patient move by computer system 330.In response to the movement of eyes, the position of aiming laser 122 can be adjusted, make treatment border/pattern of projecting or limiting maintain correct orientation relative to retina.Similarly, also can adjust the position for the treatment of laser 112 to compensate the movement of eyes, thus guarantee to treat laser 112 and be transmitted in area for treatment through adjusting, border and/or pattern.Adjustment can comprise the reposition of the retinal feature (such as, vein, tremulous pulse, macula lutea etc.) determining eyes, and the reposition based on retinal feature determines the reposition for the treatment of border/pattern, and correspondingly adjusts sighting device 130.Image captured by camera 360 can be provided to computer system 330 and compare in real time with retinal images 1000, to provide real-time tracking to therapeutic treatment and adjustment based on the movement of eyes.
The embodiment of pattern is treated in projection continuously
As described here, in certain embodiments, micropulse process can be used for delivery treatments light to patient's eye ocular tissue (such as, retinal tissue, anterior chamber organize, etc.).The many microsecond pulses generally included across being delivered with low duty ratio during multiple millisecond are treated in this micropulse.Unlike other conventional methods, these processes can not cause damage.These processes also can not produce any visible end points relative to ocular tissue usually.Pattern is traversed and performs in the scanning imaging system for the treatment of wherein, and the visual instruction of the point of having treated is normally preferred.
In addition, micropulse treatment may require that each treatment position or point have longer treatment time, usually expects low duty ratio simultaneously, to allow the thermal relaxation of maximum feasible between each treatment site micropulse burst.In order to the thermal relaxation increased between micropulse burst provides the visual instruction for the treatment of position or point simultaneously, micropulse treatment light beam, before the original position returning treatment pattern or position, can be scanned across all treatment positions in treatment pattern.In order to increase delivery treatments light to the accuracy of roughly the same eye target location or repeatability, treatment light beam can scan with being incremented between target location, is fixed on each treatment site to make light beam between treatment light delivery period.Treat light beam wherein to be scanned continuously and in the embodiment of delivery treatments light, due to the minor variations of the electric motors function of scanning mirror, sending of light may from treatment position off-center a little.Incrementally scanning treatment light beam makes this light beam between the delivery treatments photophase, be fixed on each treatment site and can also eliminate the needs using relatively costly mirror system.
If scanning completes in enough short duration, the visual effect being mapped to the treatment light in ocular tissue can make major part or all treat pattern to look like visible in this ocular tissue.In other words, the target location for the treatment of pattern can seem to be illuminated roughly concomitantly or side by side in ocular tissue by treatment light beam.This visual effect can help guide doctor provide micropulse treat, such as by allow doctor estimate the region receiving treatment fast and easily, and/or assessment will moving treatment light beam go to and for subsequently micropulse treat region.In addition, thermal relaxation between micropulse burst at each hot spot place is increased to about frame traversal speed or treatment pattern traversal speed, because treatment light beam scanned throughout whole treatment pattern before turning back to initial treatment position between treatment position with being incremented.Some advantages of this scanning process comprise: total treatment time reduces, and the thermal relaxation period increases, and the observability of scanning treatment region or pattern improves.Embodiment for convenience of description, ocular tissue will be called as retinal tissue hereinafter, but should be realized that, embodiment described herein can be used in fact any tissue for the treatment of eyes.
In order to further illustrate the embodiment of scanning process, Figure 11 A is exemplified with the micropulse treatment performed for the treatment pattern comprising 9 treatment position arrays, and these 9 treatment position arrays are arranged to three row and three row.In this treatment of execution, the scanning for the treatment of light beam originates in the first treatment position 1102a place, and the micropulse burst for the treatment of light is delivered to this first treatment position 1102a place T umicrosecond, treats light beam simultaneously and is fixed on this first treatment position 1102a place.Then, treat light beam and be relocated or scan the 1104 to the second treatment position 1102b.The mobile duration for the treatment of light beam is about T mmicrosecond.The micropulse burst for the treatment of light is delivered to this second treatment position 1102b place T umicrosecond, treats light beam simultaneously and is fixed on this second treatment position 1102b place.Then, light beam is treated at about T mbe relocated or scan the 1104 to the three treatment position in gsec.This process is repeated, then at about T to all 9 treatment positions for the treatment of pattern mgsec interscan or reorientate 1104 treatment light beams and get back to the first treatment position.
Incrementally scanning treatment light beam comprises frame or cycle throughout each treatment position and delivery treatments light for the treatment of pattern to each treatment position for the treatment of pattern by this way.Figure 11 A is exemplified with such treatment, and this treatment is provided for the first frame or cycle 1106a, the second frame or cycle 1106b, and the n-th frame or cycle 1106c.In certain embodiments, whole retinal treatment process can comprise and sends treatment cycle between 10 treatment cycle and 10,000 treatment cycle to retinal tissue.The scanning of each frame can complete in enough short duration, seems to be illuminated concomitantly or side by side in the ocular tissue of patient's eye by treatment light beam to make each position in 9 for the treatment of pattern target locations or whole position.Therefore, from the angle of doctor, 9 treatment position arrays (that is, treating pattern) can seem that " pulse " is in the ocular tissue of patient's eye.In other words, 9 treatment patterns can appear to side by side and illuminate in the ocular tissue of patient's eye repeatedly.By this way, treat pattern and can appear to " stamp (stamped) " in ocular tissue.
Treatment time (the T of single treatment cycle cycle) can be estimated by formula below, wherein n is the numbering for the treatment of position, T uburst length or the duration of micropulse, and T mtraveling time or duration in speckle:
T cycle＝n*(T u+T m)
Treatment time (T cycle) be also approximately equal to thermal relaxation time for each treatment position, because treatment light beam incrementally scans throughout whole treatment pattern, and then turn back to the first treatment position.Total treatment time (T) for whole therapeutic process can be estimated by formula below, wherein T cyclebe the treatment time for the single cycle and N burstby the micropulse amount of bursts being delivered to each treatment site (that is, also equaling the amount of cycles in whole therapeutic process):
T=N burst* T cycleor T=N burst* n* (T u+ T m)
Compared with other micropulse therapeutic processes, therapeutic process above greatly reduces total treatment time.Such as, Figure 11 B, exemplified with such micropulse treatment, wherein treats light beam and be located in the first treatment position 1112a, and multiple micropulse burst (n) is delivered to this first treatment position 1112a place, and wherein each burst has for T uburst length or duration and having for T iinterval or the relaxation time.After the plurality of micropulse burst (n) is delivered, then treatment light beam scans or reorientates the 1114 to the second treatment position 1112b, in the multiple micropulse burst of this location delivery.This process is repeated to each treatment position for the treatment of pattern.
For the treatment time (T of single treatment position pos) can be estimated by equation below, wherein N burstthe quantity of the micropulse burst by being delivered to each treatment site, T uburst length or the duration of micropulse, and T ithe relaxation time:
T pos＝N burst*(T u+T i)
The total treatment time (T) being used for the treatment of process can be estimated by formula below, wherein T posbe the treatment time for single treatment position, n is the total quantity for the treatment of position, and T mtraveling time or duration in speckle:
T=n* (T pos+ T m) or T=n* (N burst* (T u+ T i)+T m)
Use the former micropulse process (namely, the scanning increased progressively and micropulse are sent) with the micropulse process of the latter (namely, send faint pulse and wash each treatment site off, and then move to another treatment position) overall gain compared can use formula below to estimate, wherein T formertreatment time of the former process estimated above being and T latterthe treatment time of the latter process estimated above being:
T former=N burst* n* (T u+ T m) or T former=nN burstt u+ nN burstt m
T latter=n* (N burst* (T u+ T i)+T m) or T latter=nN burstt u+ nN burstt i+ nT m
From formula above, the difference for the treatment of time is:
nN burstT i+nT m>nN burstT m
Or after the public amount of elimination:
N burstT i+T m>N burstT m
Efficiency ratio gain (G) roughly can use formula estimation below:
G＝T i/T m
In a word, the former micropulse process (that is, the scanning increased progressively is sent with micropulse) provides significant gains in treatment time compared with other micropulse treatment procedures.In addition, by rapid scanning move the character of short persistent period for the treatment of burst with micropulse provide the enhancing for the treatment of pattern observability (such as, major part or all treatment pattern concurrent and/or illuminate simultaneously).The energy sent will be substantially equal to conventional micropulse process, but have longer relaxation time and shorter total treatment time.Great majority treatment will send fast enough micropulse burst whole frame, thus make whole pattern seem actual be projection the continuous or concurrent pattern illuminated.The pattern of such projection makes the whole scanning area of its medical treatment of being more convenient for.
In certain embodiments, aiming beam can treatment pattern as described here on such retinal tissue for limiting patient's eye.Use aiming beam that doctor can be helped to identify by this way and will use the region for the treatment of beam treatment.In certain embodiments, aiming beam can only use before providing treatment, thus at the initial treatment pattern limited on retina.In other embodiments, aiming beam can be launched in the process of operation treatment light beam, thus limits treatment pattern further.
Although Figure 11 A, exemplified with for 9 of micropulse therapeutic process treatment speckle patterns or array, will be appreciated that, in other embodiments, can use other treatment pattern.Such as, Figure 12 A to Figure 12 H arranges exemplified with the other treatment pattern that can use in providing micropulse to treat or treatment speckle.For each pattern illustrative in Figure 12 A to Figure 12 H, with reference to the incremental scan micropulse process described by Figure 11 A to Figure 11 C (namely, incremental scan and micropulse are sent---hereafter for incremental scan micropulse process) will with traditional micropulse process (namely, send faint pulse at each treatment position to wash off, and then move to another treatment position---be hereafter traditional micropulse process) compare.In comparing, the pulse duration of supposition micropulse is about 100 μ s (microsecond) by incremental scan micropulse process, and 100 micropulse bursts are delivered to each speckle.As mentioned above, free time (off) of each treatment position or relaxation time approximate the sweep time for the treatment of light beam throughout full frame or treatment pattern.Traditional micropulse treatment will suppose that the pulse duration of micropulse is about 100 μ s equally, and the idle or relaxation time is 1900 μ s and 100 micropulse bursts are delivered to each speckle simultaneously.Although micropulse duration is assumed that about 100 μ s, will be appreciated that, in certain embodiments, this duration can change between 50 and 1000 μ s, although this duration is more commonly change between 50 and 200 μ s or 50 and 150 μ s.In addition, as above about described by Figure 11 A to Figure 11 C, in each treatment pattern or treatment speckle layout of Figure 12 A to Figure 12 H, treatment light beam or the axis of more precisely treating light beam can move to each treatment speckle with being incremented, and are fixed on each treatment speckle place when treatment light beam is launched or sends.Then, treat light beam can move to primary importance and repeat this process with the number of times of desired amt.
Figure 12 A treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle arrays or pattern (that is, 2 × 2 arrays) exemplified with 4.The numerical value using traditional micropulse process approach and suppose above, the total treatment time of process will be about 800ms (millisecond).The numerical value using incremental scan micropulse process approach and suppose above, the total treatment time of process will be approximately 200ms, or is approximately 1/4 of the time using traditional method.To be approximately 1900 μ s for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time, or relaxation time between happening suddenly with micropulse when using conventional procedure be roughly the same.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 5%.Clearly incremental scan micropulse process provides the treatment time more faster than traditional micropulse process, though micropulse burst between free time or the relaxation time roughly the same.
Figure 12 B treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle arrays or pattern (that is, 3 × 3 arrays) exemplified with 9.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 1800ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 450ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.Be about 4400 μ s for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time, this is more than the twice in relaxation time when using conventional procedure between micropulse burst.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 2.2%.The treatment pattern discussed larger (that is, more treatment speckles), below these just become more obvious, larger pattern can cause the relaxation time more grown usually, but compared with traditional micropulse process faster therapeutic process time.The longer relaxation time allows retinal tissue recuperation and/or allows retinal-temperature close to the temperature not experiencing process (non-procedure) normally, and this can provide best healing and/or treatment response.In addition, shorter treatment time also can reduce to cause patient to damage and/or the risk of discomfort.
Figure 12 C treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle arrays or pattern (that is, 4 × 4 arrays) exemplified with 16.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 3200ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 800ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.Be about 7900 μ s for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time, this is almost 4 times of relaxation time when using conventional procedure between micropulse burst.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 1.25%.
Figure 12 D treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle arrays or pattern (that is, 5 × 5 arrays) exemplified with 25.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 5000ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 1250ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.12 are about, 400 μ s for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 0.8%.
Figure 12 E treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle arrays or pattern (that is, 6 × 6 arrays) exemplified with 36.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 7200ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 1800ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.17 are about, 900 μ s for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 0.5%.
Figure 12 F treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle arrays or pattern (that is, 7 × 7 arrays) exemplified with 49.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 9800ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 2450ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.24 are about, 400 μ s for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 0.4%.
Figure 12 G is exemplified with 2D and the 3D rendering with 12 treatment speckle patterns that 45 ° of three arc is arranged.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 2400ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 600ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.5900 μ s are about for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 1.6%.
Figure 12 H treats 2D and the 3D rendering of speckle patterns exemplified with 16 with circular arrangement.For such treatment pattern, traditional micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 3200ms.By contrast, for such treatment pattern, incremental scan micropulse process provides the total treatment time being about 800ms, or be about traditional method time 1/4.7900 μ s are about for free time of incremental scan micropulse process or relaxation time.The dutycycle of incremental scan micropulse process is approximately 1.25%.When perform above process time, energy can flow across retinal surface in relatively wavy mode.
In another embodiment, incremental scan micropulse process can use above-mentioned speckle pattern and can comprise: the pulse duration of micropulse is approximately 200 μ s, in speckle, mobile duration (that is, traveling time in average speckle) is 350 μ s, and/or sends 50 micropulses and to happen suddenly each speckle.As mentioned above, free time of each treatment position or relaxation time can be substantially equal to the sweep time for the treatment of light beam full frame or treatment pattern.Table 1 below provides about incremental scan micropulse process various value of calculation (namely, stamp (STAMP) time), and these value of calculation and traditional micropulse process (that is, Conventional temporal) with similar therapeutic parameter are compared.
Table 1: about the value of calculation of incremental scan micropulse process
As shown in table 1, the process time with the scanning micropulse process of the pulse duration of longer micropulse slightly (but and not obvious) is greater than previously described numerical value.But the dutycycle about this process is significantly higher.Table 1 also show free time or the relaxation time is substantially equal to frame time (that is, treating the time of beam flying by whole treatment patterns).The change of these times is approximately 200 μ s, and this corresponds to the pulse duration of the micropulse of expection.But treatment time is still starkly lower than treats by traditional micropulse those treatment times provided.
In certain embodiments, the dutycycle of micropulse treatment can change according to treated disease.Such as, in typical retina process, dutycycle can be about 10% or lower, although the dutycycle of 5% or lower is more common.In glaucoma process, dutycycle can be between about 15% and 31%.In orbiculus ciliaris process, dutycycle can be about 31%.According to performed process or according to one or more other diseases, other dutycycle can be used.Such as, the dutycycle of certain limit may be used for method and system described herein.Duty cycle range can comprise 0.4% to 35%, although scope is 5 to 15% more common.
System described herein can be used for providing incremental scan micropulse process.Such as, in one embodiment, system can comprise: treatment light beam source, and this treatment light beam source is configured to send treatment light beam along treatment beam path; Scanning means, this scanning means arranges along this treatment beam path and is configured to this treatment light beam of retina scanning along patient's eye; With, processor, this processor is coupled to this scanning means.This processor can be configured or be ordered (such as, instruction via storing on the storage means) thus: A) for this treatment Beam limiting is relative to amphiblestroid multiple target location, B) when this treatment light beam is fixed in the position be associated, from this treatment beam delivery pulse on the retina of each target location multiple target location, C) incrementally scanning treatment light beam in target location, and D) repeat step B) and C) with from the multiple extra pulse of this treatment beam delivery to each target location in multiple target location.The plurality of target location can comprise primary importance, the second position, and multiple centre position, and can scan this treatment light beam between this primary importance and second position.
In another embodiment, system can comprise: treatment light beam source, this treatment light beam source is configured to send treatment light beam along treatment beam path, scanning means, this scanning means arranges along this treatment beam path and is configured to this treatment light beam of retina scanning along patient's eye, with, processor, this processor is coupled to this scanning means.This processor can be configured or be ordered (such as, instruction via storing on the storage means) thus: A) for this treatment Beam limiting is relative to amphiblestroid multiple target location, wherein target location comprises primary importance, the second position, and multiple centre position, B) from this treatment beam delivery pulse on the retina of each target location multiple target location, C) this light beam is incrementally scanned in the target location between this primary importance and second position, multiple target location is appeared to illuminate by sent light beam is concurrent, and D) repeat step B) and C) with from the multiple extra pulse of this treatment beam delivery to each target location in multiple target location.As described here, the duration of each pulse can be enough short in avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing retinal tissue, and the total quantity being simultaneously mapped to the pulse of each target location is enough to the photoactivation causing therapeutic to heal in that position.
As described here, in certain embodiments, system can also comprise aiming beam source, and this aiming beam source is configured to send aiming beam along aiming beam path.In such embodiments, scanning means can be configured to along retina scanning aiming beam, to limit the multiple target locations on retina.Processor can also be configured to provide about 10 and about 10, the micropulse treatment between 000 cycle.Scanning means and/or treatment or aiming beam source can be arranged in adapter apparatus, and this adapter apparatus can removably couple with eye measuring instrument and can couple optically with light beam source.
In certain embodiments, can be input to input in control unit (such as shown by Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 A to Fig. 4 C those) by doctor can comprise: power setting, and dutycycle is selected, treatment duration, the selection for the treatment of pattern or input, etc.Control unit can calculate required other parameters one or more based on the parameter inputted by doctor.
Describing some embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that, when not deviating from spirit of the present invention, various amendment, alternate configurations and equivalent can have been used.In addition, in order to avoid unnecessarily fuzzy the present invention, many known processes and key element are not described.Therefore, above description should not be considered as the restriction to scope of the present invention.
When providing numerical range, should be understood that, each intermediate value between the upper and lower bound of this scope, is all specifically disclosed to 1/10th of lower limit unit, unless explicitly pointed out really not so in literary composition in addition.Value described in any other in any described value in described scope or intermediate value and described scope or each between intermediate value are included more among a small circle.These bounds more among a small circle can comprise in this range or get rid of outside this scope independently, and in bound both one of, neither or be both included in this more among a small circle in each scope be also included within the present invention, be limited in described scope and have any clear and definite eliminating to limit.When described scope comprises the one or both in this bound, also comprise the scope of one or both in the boundary value eliminated included by those.
As herein with in appended claims use, singulative " ", and " being somebody's turn to do " comprises multiple object, unless explicitly pointed out really not so in literary composition.Therefore, such as, mention that " process " comprises multiple such process, and mention that " this device " comprises and mention one or more device well known by persons skilled in the art and equivalent thereof, etc.
In addition, word " comprises " feature, entirety, parts or the step that are intended to when being used in this description neutralization claims subsequently indicate described in existence, but does not get rid of existence or additional one or more further feature, entirety, parts, step, behavior or group.

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1. be used for the treatment of a method for the eyes of patient, comprise:
For the treatment multiple target location of Beam limiting, described multiple target location comprises primary importance, the second position, and multiple centre position, and wherein each target location is corresponding to the treatment site of ocular tissue being used for the treatment of patient's eye;
On from the pulse of described treatment beam delivery first to the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location;
In treatment position, incrementally scan described treatment light beam, make to be fixed sending light beam described in each first impulse duration; And
In ocular tissue from the pulse of described treatment beam delivery extra quantity to each target location multiple target location, between described primary importance and the described second position, incrementally scan described treatment light beam with the number of times of corresponding extra quantity simultaneously, to provide extra treatment to described ocular tissue, wherein the duration of each pulse is enough short in avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing described ocular tissue, and the total quantity being wherein mapped to the pulse of each target location is enough to the photoactivation causing therapeutic healing response in that position.
2. method according to claim 1, also comprises: be mapped to by aiming beam in described ocular tissue, to limit the described multiple target location in described ocular tissue.
3. method according to claim 1, the interval between the pulse of wherein sending in each target location roughly equals the duration from described primary importance to described second position scanning treatment light beam.
4. method according to claim 3, wherein said interval is product below: the sum of target location, the average duration of each pulse, and the average duration for the treatment of light beam movement between adjacent target sites.
5. method according to claim 3, wherein said interval greater than about 1900 microseconds.
6. method according to claim 1, the dutycycle of wherein treating light beam described in each target location is not more than about 9%.
7. method according to claim 1, when wherein incrementally scanning described treatment light beam in described treatment position, at every turn sending of pulse comprises treatment cycle, and wherein said method comprises provides about 10 and about 10, the treatment cycle between 000 treatment cycle is to treat the ocular tissue of eyes.
8. method according to claim 7, wherein each pulse is delivered to corresponding target location in each cycle in enough short duration, to provide the visible pattern of described target location in described ocular tissue.
9. method according to claim 1, wherein said ocular tissue comprises retinal tissue.
10. method according to claim 1, the duration of wherein said each pulse is between about 50 and 150 microseconds.
11. 1 kinds for providing the system of therapeutic treatment to the eyes of patient, described system comprises:
Treatment light beam source, described treatment light beam source is configured to send treatment light beam along treatment beam path;
Scanning means, described scanning means is set up along described treatment beam path and is configured to scan described treatment light beam along the ocular tissue of the eyes of described patient; With
Processor, described processor is coupled to described scanning means and is configured to:
A) for described treatment Beam limiting is relative to multiple target locations of described ocular tissue, described multiple target location comprises primary importance, the second position, and multiple centre position;
B), on from the pulse of described treatment beam delivery to the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location, described treatment light beam is fixed on the position be associated simultaneously;
C) described treatment light beam is incrementally scanned in the target location between described primary importance and the second position, and
D) B is repeated) and C) with from the multiple extra pulse of described treatment beam delivery to each target location in multiple target location, the duration of wherein each pulse is enough short in avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing ocular tissue; And the total quantity being wherein mapped to the pulse of each target location is enough to the photoactivation causing therapeutic to heal in that position.
12. systems according to claim 11, also comprise aiming beam source, described aiming beam source is configured to send aiming beam along aiming beam path, wherein said scanning means is also configured to scan described aiming beam along described ocular tissue, to limit the multiple target locations in described ocular tissue.
13. systems according to claim 11, the interval between the pulse of wherein sending in each target location roughly equals the duration of incrementally scanning treatment light beam in the target location between described primary importance and the second position.
14. systems according to claim 11, wherein said ocular tissue comprises retinal tissue.
15. systems according to claim 11, in target location wherein between described primary importance and the second position, incrementally scanning treatment light beam comprises treatment cycle, and wherein said processor is configured to provide about 10 and about 10, the treatment cycle between 000 treatment cycle.
16. systems according to claim 11, wherein said scanning means is arranged in adapter apparatus, and described adapter apparatus can removably couple with eye measuring instrument and can couple optically with light beam source.
17. 1 kinds for providing the system of therapeutic treatment to the eyes of patient, described system comprises:
Treatment light beam source, described treatment light beam source is configured to send along treatment beam path treat light beam as seen;
Scanning means, described scanning means is set up along described treatment beam path and is configured to scan described treatment light beam along the ocular tissue of the eyes of described patient; With
Processor, described processor is coupled to described scanning means and is configured to:
A) for described treatment Beam limiting is relative to multiple target locations of described ocular tissue, described multiple target location comprises primary importance, the second position, and multiple centre position;
B) on from the pulse of described treatment beam delivery to the ocular tissue of each target location multiple target location;
C) incrementally scan described light beam in the target location between described primary importance and the second position, described multiple target location is appeared to and illuminates by described light beam is concurrent; And
D) B is repeated) and C) with from the multiple extra pulse of described treatment beam delivery to each target location in described multiple target location, described multiple target location is appeared to illuminate by described light beam is concurrent, wherein the duration of each pulse is enough short in avoid the traditional photocoagulation causing ocular tissue, and the total quantity being wherein mapped to the pulse of each target location is enough to the photoactivation that causes therapeutic to heal in that position.
18. systems according to claim 17, wherein said ocular tissue comprises retinal tissue.
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